A history of the art of printing : from its invention to its wide-spread development in the middle of the 16th century : preceded by a short account of the origin of the alphabet and the successive methods of recording events and multiplying ms. books before the invention of printing / by H. Noel Humphreys ; with one hundred illustrations, produced in photo-lithography by Day & Son, Limited, under...
xii, 212 pages, 100 [that is, 106] leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles (some color) ; 36 cm
Type:
Specimens
Photolithographs
History
Chromolithographs
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1867
16th century
Notes:
A form printed on green paper from the publisher is tipped in at the front of the volume, which reads: "Humphrey's History of the art of printing, 1 vol. impl. 4to. The first issue consists of 300 numbered copies ... After their dispersion, a small second issue will be made, and the stones are guaranteed then to be destroyed. Bernard Quaritch, London, December 1867."
The volume includes two plates numbered "5" and two plates numbered "10," both pairs of which feature the same image but printed in different colors. There are also plates numbered "5 1/2" and "32 1/2". Plates 14 and 94 are printed on double leaves.
SCDIRB copy 39088006751721 is number 229 of the limited edition (first issue).
SCDIRB copy has stamp on title page: Smithsonian Institution National Museum, accession number 157836.
SCDIRB copy has the publisher's gilt- and black-stamped red cloth binding; re-backed.
Topic:
Printing--History--Origin and antecedents Search this
